Does This Uterus Make My Stomach Look Fat?

I love this! In my case, I think not having a uterus contributes to the belly area (hysterectomy Nov 2017). Tummy certainly isn't as tight as before, but I'm working in it!

I haven't been ready to reveal an official before/after, but I feel this is relevant and important to share. It's something I've been insecure about, but have also come to accept that it is part of having a women's body. My stomach's with me through thick and thin (heh). It seems to always have a bit of a paunch, and that's partly due to chronic bad posture. Something I'm working on. But even with that corrected it will still remain, and I'm okay with that. Because it's perfectly normal.

Had to upload my pic via mobile, so ETA stats:
Age:30
BMI:124
BF%: 30% ish by last calculations
Number of Pregnancies: 0
Exercise: Walking, and bodyweight/ cardio 1-3 times a week.
Medical Conditions affecting appearance: I had school nurses tell me I might have scoliosis, but I never got it checked out. I may have mild scoliosis, or just bad posture. I don't know.

Also to add, it doesn't seem to matter what I weigh, even when I was 115 lbs (that was eons ago, like JR high) The little stomach pooch was still there. At this point I can work to tone up the muscles underneath, and correct my posture as much as I can but I'm sure the little fat pouch will be there. Because that's how women's bodies are built. The flat stomach washboard abs all these ladies see on Instagram are nothing more then lighting and posing, and sometimes photoshop.

Also, here's a good article about an Instagram model who showed her reality behind that perfect "insta" pose.
https://telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11980031/Instagram-confession-The-ugly-truth-behind-my-perfect-model-shots.html

Age: 38
BMI: 24.7
BF%: 24-26%
Number of Pregnancies: 1
Primary form of exercise: It was boxing but now I’m into more variety. I still box once a week. I also weight lift twice a week, Jazzercize once a week, and run 2-3 days for about 3.5 miles each run

This is a post I shared fairly recently on my Instagram. Learning to accept and love my body has been a journey. I love the idea of supporting each other to drop the unrealistic expectations

OK, I'm back. Had to do a few extra pics then play at editing on my small iPhone

Just turned 65 on the 10th August so did take a few pics to celebrate.

Age: 65

BMI: 19.5

BF%: ? Guessing 22-25?

All my fat is in my abdomen as you are going to see.

Number of Pregnancies: 1 (45years ago)

Medical Conditions affecting appearance: none (well, slightly wonky leg with a big dent where the femur popped through, but we ignore that)

Primary form of exercise: at the moment, virtually none(walking and bodyweight). We had a number of family medical emergencies over the past ~18 month where I have had to travel and stay away from home for months at a time. I say I'm doing a recomp, decomp, maintenance, cycle.

Preferred exercise: when life is 'normal' lifting x3, plus a variety of classes, walking, yoga.

Length of time exercising: 10 years. I started exercising at 54 (cal counting too) with aqua fit.
I used to hate exercise, now it is a mild dislike.
I have run the gamut of classes just to keep me going, so well versed in a lot of things, proficient at none.

Me on my 65th birthday in my birthday suit (new bikini inspired by @quiksylver296' blue one) as normal a posture as possible when taking pics



Same day poor posture.



Belly pics. With the skills of a contortionist, or so it felt, a sharpei clinging to my belly as I plank.



I have a B belly, just what everyone dreams of when that is also where they carry all their excess fat there. Here is it sat- dressed it can swallow a belt.



And, lastly, here I am, just snaps.



Got to add, I am extremely healthy, take no meds, and love my body for what it can do and how it looks.

Cheers, h.

I could not love this thread more. Thank you to all the women posting and sharing. You are fabulous. I'm not at a normal BMI but will participate when I get there - even though I don't have a uterus anymore. I've finally learned at 50 to love and appreciate my body and all it does for me. I'm so thankful and much love to everyone fighting the good fight every day!!!

Eh looks like one didn’t come up and they also came up in wrong order. Not a fan of the forums using phone app.
The one flexing the abs is when I was 60kg. If I drop a couple of kilos things happen.

Love this! Thanks to all you women posting! I'm 5 pregnancies/2 c-sections+a bonus abdominal surgery in, and it's great to have a realistic idea of where I might end up so I can focus on being proud of the work I'm putting in instead of how not social-media-ready my body feels.

This is really important. I have two young daughters and I’m so worried about the impact ‘perfect’ pictures on social media will have on their confidence and self-image when so much of it is a lie. So me:

39yrs old
BMI: 18.3
BF: ? 16% at a Dexa in May
Number of pregnancies: 2 (7 and 9 years ago)
Medical conditions: 0
Primary exercise: Home workout circuit type exercise (bodyweight, light dumbbells and cardio) and hot yoga - about 10 hours a week
Number of years doing exercise: 5, although volume and intensity has increase over the years.

Hopefully these pics work but this is with bad posture/pushing out stomach then flexing, and I’ve thrown in a colour edit to the flexed ones to show how that can also trick the eye!!